Oath-takers and tax-payers in Georgian Stokenham

By Paul Luscombe

Appendix B: Stokenham Oath Rolls, 1723

See below for notes

Names in Oath Rolls (28/29 Aug & 4/5 Nov 1723 except where noted) (all names are followed by 'of Stokenham') ü  = also named in Militia Assessment			Form of oath	Marriage in parish register	Baptism(s) (with parents' names) or other event in parish register
William	Adams		S	m 1718 Mary Garland	ch bp William & Mary A 1718
James	Adams	ü	S		ch bp James & Jane Adams 1692
James	Ball, constable [22 Dec 1715]		S	m 1725 Jane Pritijohn (below)	ch bp 1726; wife bu 1726
William	Bargain (Bargin)	ü	S	m 1697/8 Mary Lye
Benedict	Bastard	ü	MI	m 1701 Susanna Head	ch bp Benedict & Susanna B 1708
Susanna	Bastard		MI	m 1701 Benedict Bastard	ch bp Benedict & Susanna B 1708
Richard	Bentley (Bentleig)		S	m 1715 (or 1721/2)	ch bp 1716 (or 1722); weaver
Rebecca	Brown, wife of John Brown		S	m 1710/1 John Brown
Sarah	Brown, wife of William Brown		MI		no record in PR
William	Browne	ü	S		? s of Thomas B bp 1670
John	Browne		S	m 1710/1 Rebecka Warden
Solomon	Burgan	ü	S	m 1717 Jane Stone	wife bu 1729
William	Burgin (Burgoyn)		S		ch bp William & Anne B 1721
Mary	Butson		S
Thomazin	Cawse, wife of Solomon Cawse		MI	m 1721/2 Solomon Corse	ch bp Solomon & Thomasin C 1722
Elizabeth	Coker		M	m 1692/3 Eliz Luist & Epaphras C	wid of Epaphras Cawker bu 1722/3
Philip	Cole jun		S	m 1699,( 1703 or 1711/2)	ch bp Philip C Jnr & Eliz
Elizabeth	Cole		M	m 1703 or 1711/2	ch bp
Philip	Cole	ü	M	m 1686? Eliz Gould (or 1699)	ch bp Phillep Cole 1687
John	Cole	ü	M	m 1682, 1686/7, 1698 or 1708	ch bp
Isaac	Cole	ü	M	m 1690 Ebut Fyall	ch bp Isaac & Ibbut C 1691/2
Maud	Cole	ü	M	m 1702 Bartholomew Cole	Batholomew Cole de Besson bu 1707
Edward	Cole		S		ch bp Edward & Joan Cole 1723
Phillip	Cole, constable [22 Dec 1715]	ü	S	m 1699? (1703 or 1711/2)	ch bp Philep C seaman & Anne 1701/2
Richard	Coles		S	m 1686 or 1692
Richard	Collings	ü	M	m 1683/4 Grace Garland (?)	ch bp Richard Colling 1684/5
Nicholas	Collings		S		Nicholas s of Rich C & Grace bp 1691 ch bp Nicholas & Silfane C 1719/20
Joan	Collins, wife of Richard Collins		MI		bu 1736/7 or 1739/40; prob 2nd wife
John	Crewys	ü	M	m 1700/1 Joane Luscomb	ch bp John & Joane C 1703
Solomon	Cross [? = Cawse]		M		not in PR; ? error for Cawse (above)
William	Deary	ü	S	m 1691/2 and/or 1697/8	ch bp 1698/9
William	Dement	ü	M	m 1678 Jone Burgin	ch bp Willi Dement 1681/2
Joseph	Dere [? = Davey in 1715 list]	ü	M	m 1688 Mary Wakeham	ch bp Joseph & Mary D 1688/9
Judith	Edmonds, wife of John Edmonds		MI		John E 'of Sherford' takes oath; Philip s of John E 'of Sherford' bp 1704
Roger	Edwards		S	m 1722 Joyce Rumbelow	unbaptized ch bu 1723/4
Mary	Ewen (Owne)		M	m 1686/7 Mary Yowe and Wm E	ch bp Wm Ewne & Mary 1688/9; Wm E bu 1690; Mary E bu 1728,
John	Ewens (Ewen)	ü	S		s of Wm E &Mary (above) bp 1688/9
Robert	Ewens		MI		ch bp Robert Ewne and Mary 1698 ?
Honour	Fountain (Fountaine)		S		d of Mr John F & Mary bp 1684
Mary	Fountain (Fountayn)		S		d of Mr John F & Mary bp 1679
Martha	Fountaine (Fountayn)		S		d of Mr John F & Mary bp 1687/8
Christopher	Fyall of Stokenham	ü	S		ch bp Christopher & Mary F 1703
John	Fyall (Fraill)	ü	S	m 1716 Mary Jellard	ch bp John & Mary Fyall 1718
Mikhole	Garland (Garland)		M		see text
Mark	Garland	ü	S	m 1689 Mary Pritijohn	ch bp Marks & Mary Garland 1689/90; dissenter: 3 ch bp by minister, 1694-9
Richard	Garland	ü	S
Sarah	Gilberd, wife of William Gilberd esq		S	m 1702 Will Gilbert gent of W Allington	ch bp Mr Wm G & Sarah 1703
William	Gilbert (Gilberd)		S	m 1702 Mrs Sarah Fountaine	ch bp Mr Wm G & Sarah 1703
Philip	Gillard (Jellard)	ü	S	m ? 1703 [blank] Bastard of E Allington
Ambrose	Gillard		M	m 1712 Agnes Thorn	ch bp Ambrose & Agnes J 1713
Peter	Gillard  [signs 28 Aug 1723]	ü	S	m 1706 Mary Pritijohn	ch bp Peter & Mary Jellard 1707
Peter	Gillard  [signs 5 Nov 1723]		S		may be a duplicate entry
Thomas	Gould		M		s of Mary G (in militia list) bp 1679/80
Nicholas	Gould	ü	M		ch bp John s of Nicholas Gould 1684
William	Gould	ü	S		s of Wm Gould & Elizabeth bp 1690/1
Peter	Gould	ü	S	m 1687 & 1703	no ch in PR; 'weaver' 1703
William	Hamlyn		M	m 1694/5 Elizabeth Cardett	ch bp William & Eliz Hamling 1695
Ursula	Head		M		putative d of Nicholas & Sulsella H both bu Ford, 1709 & 1712; ? dissenter
Elizabeth	Head		MI	m 1688 Michael Head	wife of next, bp 1648/9
Michael	Head	ü	M	m 1688 Elizabeth Hine
Dorothy	Head		M		d of Abraham & Dorothy H bp 1694
George	Head		S		s of Abraham & Dorothy H bp 1692
Elizabeth	Hele		MI
Walter	Hele, esq (Coleridge)	ü	S		ch bp Walter H gent & Philippa 1702
John	Hext		S	m 1682/3 Mary Winter & m 171l Agnes Coker	ch bp John & Mary H 1686/7; & Agnes H 1711
Elizabeth	Hine, wife of John Hine		MI		ch bp John & Elizabeth Hine 1693
John	How		MI		ch bp John H & Joane 1719
Bartholomew	Hyne		M	m 1705 Joane Sumpter
Daniel	Hyne	ü	M		bu 1730; no other refs in PR
John	Hyne	ü	M		ch bp John & Elizabeth Hine 1693
John	Issell	ü	S		ch bp John & Sarah Issell 1715
George	Jeffery		M		ch bp George & Mary Jiffery 1711
William	Jellard		S	m 1716 or 1718	ch bp Wm & Lucie or Winifred J
Nicholas	Jellard (Jillard)		S		ch bp Nicholas J & Mary 1696
Andrew	Jillard		M		s of John J bp 1684
Nathan	King		M		no refs to Nathan King in PR
Peter	King		M	m 1700 Deborah Gi - - -	ch bp Peter & Deborah King 1702 43
Richard	Lake	ü	M	m 1667 Elezabeth Udey	ch bp Richard L 1668
Andrew	Lambell (Lambel)		S		ch bp Andrew & Margaret L 1714
Thomasin	Langworthy		N		bu 11 May 1729
Nicholas	Liscombe		N		duplicate entry
Nicholas	Lome	ü	M		ch bp 1670; Nicholas Ropper oth Lome
Grace	Lome		M	m 1707 Grace Jellard & Michael Roper als Lome	ch bp 1708 Michael R & Grace; widow of Michael L (in militia list)
Robert	Lover [? = Lovell]	ü	M		bu 1734/5; no other refs
William	Luscombe	ü	M	m ? 1684 Elizabeth Galley
Jonathan	Luscombe		S	m 1713 Elizabeth Jeffery	ch bp Jonathon & Eliz Luscomb 1714
William	Lyfe	ü	M	m ? 1682 Margret Burgin	ch bp 1683
John	Lyscombe (Luscombe)		S	m 1719 Alice Hine	ch bp John & Alice Luscomb 1719
Nicholas	Lyscombe (Luscombe)	ü	S	m 1711 Elizabeth Cosen	ch bp Nicholas & Eliz Luscombe 1717
Jonathan	Lyscombe		N		duplicate entry
Edmund	Lyscombe		N
Frederick	Macker, vicar   [10 Jan 1715]		S		duplicate entry
Frederick	Marker, vicar    [29 Oct 1714]	ü	S		ch bp 1680 & m of daughters
Nicholas	Michemore		M	m 1707 Susanna Laverse	ch bp Nicholas M & Susanna 1711
Nathaniel	More		MI	m Elezabeth Glanfell 1675/6	ch bp Nath More 1683
Norton	Nelson, esq		S		? bu 1761
Alice	Nicholas		M		? Alice Nichols bu 1742; no other refs
Thomas	Paige		S	m 1721/2 Jane Shephard	ch bp Thomas & Jane Page 1722
Jacob	Palmer		S	m 1702 Judeth Shar - - -	ch bp Joseph P & Mary; Chysurgeon
John	Perrott	ü	M	m 1681/2 Wilmet Head	ch bp John & Willmett P 1691
John	Phillips		S	m ? 1687 &/or 1697	large & complex set of families
Cyprian	Pierce (Pearse)	ü	S	m 1715 Richord Lyfe	s of Samuell P bp 1687
Gregory	Pike		MI
Thomas	Pope		M	m ? 1695 Elizabeth Susley 44	ch bp Thomas Pope & Susley 1708
William	Pope		M	m 1705/6 Deborah Bevill	ch bp William & Deborah Pope 1706 45
Thomas	Pope	ü	S	m 1704/5 Elizabeth Knight	ch bp Thomas P jnr de Besson & Elizabeth 1705
Nicholas	Pope		S	m 1711 Mary Luist	ch bp Nicholas & Mary Pope 1712
Joanna	Prettijohn, wife of Nathaniel Prettijohn		MI		no record in PR, but two other Prettijohns bu 1689/90 at Ford
Nicholas	Pretty John (Prettejohn)	ü	S	m 1682 Mary Edwards &  m 1687 Eliz Wackham	ch bp Nich & Elizabeth 1688
Nathaniel	Pretty John (Prettejohn)	ü	S		? bp 1660; husbandman 1706; bu 1727
Jane	Prettyjohn (Prettijohn)		MI	m 1725 James Ball (above)	ch bp 1726; bu 1726
Nicholas	Prettyjohn jun		S		s of Nich & Eliz P (above) bp 1689/90
Lucy	Prettyjohn		MI		ch bp Wm P'john Jun & Lucy 1716/7
Nathaniel	Prettyjohn		M		? s of Nich & Eliza P (above) bp 1694
Sibella	Prettyjohn		M	m 1690 John Pritijohn & Sybilla Jefferie	ch b John P & [blank] 1697; dissenter
Peter	Prinn		S		ch bp Peter & Honor Prinn 1715
William	Pritejohn (Prettyjohn)	ü	M	m 1691 Mary Tombe
Nicholas	Prittejohn (Prettejohn)		S		? s of John P bp 1663
William	Prowte (Proute)	ü	S	m 1715/6 Elizabeth Pope	ch bp William & Elizabeth P 1716/7
Nicholas	Randal (Randall) [28 Aug 1723]		S		duplicate: signs Dec 1715 & Aug 1723
Jane	Randall		MI		wife of Achaicus (below)
Nicholas	Randell (Randall) constable [1715]		S	m 1714 Mary Winter	ch bp Nicholas & Mary Randall 1718
Achiacus	Randle	ü	S		ch bp Achaicus & Jane Randall 1709
Joseph	Rawlinson, excise officer [1715]		S		signs in 1715; no trace in PR
John	Roberts (Robert)		M	m 1682 Mary Pereton	ch bp John Roberts 1685
Joyce	Rumbelo	ü	MI	m 1686 Gorge Rombelow	ch bp Gorge Rombelow 1687
George	Rumbelow		S		s of Gorge & Joyce R bp 1687
Daniel	Shath	ü	?M		ch bp Daniell & Peternell Shath 1700/1
Thomas	Sheppard (Shepherd)	ü	S	m 1698/9 Hannah Jeffery	ch b Thomas Shepherd 'worstead-comber or clothier' 1699; dissenter 46
Nathaniel	Sheppard (Shepperd)		S		ch bp Nath & Joane S 1710; brother (bp 1679/80) of above (bp 1676)
John	Smith	ü	M		ch bp John Smith or Smay & Mary 1721
Michael	Steel		M		ch bp Michael Sim & Elizabeth 1701 47
John	Steel	ü	M	m 1682 Darcus Garland & 1693 Alice Burgaine widow	ch bp John Seam 1682/3; 'Steelle oth Sime' in 1687; dissenters
Robert	Stone		MI	m 1678 or 1697	many entries, incl alias 'Comb'
Roger	Stone		S		no record in PR of Roger S after 1648
Sampson	Stone	ü	S	m 1707 Elizabeth Garland and m 1711/2 Joane Roper	ch bp Sampson Stone & Eliz 1708 ch bp Sampson Stone & Joane 1711/2
Francis	Strath [recte Francis Shath]		S		s of Daniel & Petronell S bp 1700/1
William	Tabbe	ü	S	m 1692 Jane Issel	ch bp Will T & Jane 1695; dissenters
Richard	Tallyn [at Chittlehampton]		S		no record of this surname in PR
John	Tippet (Tippett)		M	m 1695 Honor Lake	ch bp John & Honor Teppett 1696/7; wife bu 1696/7
Agnes	Tolchard		MI	m 1696 Timothy Tolcher	ch bp Timothy & Agnes Tolcher 1699
Timothy	Tolchard	ü	M	m 1696 Agnes More	husband of above
Henry	Toms	ü	M		ch bp Henery Tom and Sarah 1705, 'house carpenter'
James	Torring of the same		S		ch bp James Torring & Sarah 1719
William	Trout [Entered by clerk]		N	m 1680 Katterren Horkings	ch bp Willi Trute 1681/2
Michael	Trout		M	m ? 1674 & 1680	ch bp Michaell Trute 1675 & 1680/1
Robert	Trout	ü	S		ch bp Robert T blacksmith & Judeth
Judith	Trowt, wife of Robert Trowt		MI		ch bp Robert & Judeth Troute 1706
George	Udy (Woody)		S	m 1727/8 Joan Trute	ch bp 1729/30; s of Nich Udy bp 1702
Hugh	Wakeham (Wakham)		S
Petronel	Wakeham		M		ch b 1696 Wm Wakeham taylor & Petronel; dissenter
William	Wallis (Walles)	ü	S	m 1701 Wm W taylor & Pricilla Coker	ch bp Wm & Priscilla Wallace 1701
William	Wallis		N		duplicate entry
Thomas Edgley	Walsh (Welsh) 48		S		ref to bu 17 Nov 1712 'at Ford p[er] walsh' - i.e. the dissenting minister
Thomazin	Warrin, widow	ü	MI		ch bp John & Thomasine Warren 1691 John Warren weaver bu 1699-00
Nicholas	Wats (Watts)	ü	M
John	Watts		M		ch bp John Watts & Ursula 1707/8
Philip	Watts		M	m 1685/6 Jone Lust and m 1689 Eliz Winter	ch bu 1686; Jone Watts bu 1688/9 ch bp Philip Wats & Eliz 1689/90
Thomas	Welsh (Walsh)		S		duplicate entry (see above)
Isaac	Will, constable [22 Dec 1715]	ü	M	m 1706 Elizabeth Came	ch bp Isaac Wills & Elizabeth 1708
Thomas	Wills	ü	MI	m 1700 Grace Pope	ch bp Thos W husbandman & Grace 1700/1
Peter	Winter jun		S		ch bp Peter Winter jun & Jane 1719/20
Jane	Winter		MI		wife of above
Peter	Winter		M	m 1690/1 Elazab Head	ch bp Peter Winter & Elizabeth 1692
Peter	Winter	ü	S	m 1683 Jone Weecks	ch bp Peter Winter 1684; husb of next
Joan	Winter, wife of Peter Winter sen		MI	m 1683 Peter W & Jone Weeks	dau Mary W m Nicholas Randall 1714
John	Yabbacombe	ü	MI	m 1685 Hester Ellet	ch bp John Y 1687; s b 1696 & bp 'by Mr Horsam'; wife bu 1710/1. Dissenter
Grace	Yebbacomb		MI		no record in PR; ?? dissenter

 
 

Notes

ü	names in both Oath Rolls and Militia Assessment		ch	child(ren)		N	not marked or signed
			d	daughter of		PR	parish register
bp	baptised		m	married		S	signs
bu	buried		MI	marked with initial		s	son of
b	born		M	makes mark		[   ]	editorial additions

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43. The PR has the following entries: (a) 19 May 1700 'Peter King husbandman & Deborah Gist were marryed', (b) 13 Oct 1702 'Peter ye son of Peter King & Deborah... was baptized'. The corresponding entry in the separate register of births has on 21 Sept 1702 'The son of Peter King day labourer was borne' (and again in June 1705). [Back]
44. When Elizabeth's first child was bp (13 Apr 1696), the PR entry records her christian name as Susly, but as elizabeth when the next child was bp (27 Mar 1698). See text. [Back]
45. In the birth register, Grace Pope is recorded (20 Apr 1706) as the 'daughter of will Pope day labourer & Deborah his wife', while the entry for their marriage (5 Feb 1705/6) described him as 'son of Thom Pope de Besson [=Beesands] husbandman' - a few steps down the ladder. [Back]
46. Records of 3 children born (1699, 1701 and 1704), but no corresponding records of their baptisms. His mother, Margaret, b u 16 Mar 1714/5 at Ford. [Back]
47. The register of births records on 12 Mar 1700/01 the d of 'Mich Steel day-laborer was borne', and on 26 Oct 1704 the s of 'Michael Sim husbandman was borne'. His wife is probably the Elizabeth Steel b u 27 1716 at Ford; there is no record of his burial. [Back]
48. Takes abjur. oath at Moreleigh, 29 Oct 1714; Thomas W (Walsh) of Stokenham signs at Exeter, 10 Jan 1715; and Thomas W (?Wash) of Chivelstone signs at Kingsbridge, 29 August 1723. [Back]